| Trump should follow the Bill Clinton scandal playbook Posted: 19 May 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Trump has an unlikely model for how to survive an existential threat to his presidency: Bill Clinton.
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| Times Square Crash: Surveillance Video Shows Horrific Scene Posted: 19 May 2017 08:38 AM PDT  Richard Rojas allegedly drove his car onto a Times Square sidewalk, killing one person and injuring 22 others. He was charged with murder, attempted murder and aggravated vehicular homicide.
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| Comey tried to hide in curtains at White House gathering to avoid Trump: Report Posted: 19 May 2017 05:58 AM PDT  According to a friend, former FBI Director James Comey tried to hide in the curtains at a White House ceremony to avoid an awkward interaction with President Trump.
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| Video: Erdogan watches security guards beat protesters in Washington Posted: 19 May 2017 09:31 AM PDT  New footage surfaced showing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looking on stoically as members of his security detail beat civilians.
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| The Latest: Teen tells police that another suspect shot boy Posted: 19 May 2017 04:17 PM PDT  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a 6-year-old boy who was in a car that was stolen in Mississippi (all times local):
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| Sweden drops rape investigation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange Posted: 19 May 2017 08:12 AM PDT  Sweden has dropped a rape investigation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Assange has been living in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012. If Assange leaves the embassy, London authorities can still arrest him for jumping bail in 2012.
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| The End of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Posted: 19 May 2017 08:57 AM PDT  After nearly 150 years, the show will not go on for the iconic Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, which is performing its final act Sunday.
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| U.S. military jets escort civilian plane into Honolulu airport Posted: 19 May 2017 04:45 PM PDT  The U.S. military on Friday scrambled two Air Force fighter jets to escort an American Airlines flight into Honolulu International Airport after a disturbance was reported on board, a Pacific Command spokesman said. Neither the military nor American Airlines immediately disclosed the nature of the disturbance, but local news media reported that a passenger had tried to force his way into the cockpit of the Honolulu-bound flight from Los Angeles. HawaiiNewsNow, a consortium of three television network affiliates, cited unnamed sources as saying the man was Turkish and had earlier breached security at Los Angeles International Airport but "was assessed and allowed to board" the flight anyway.
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| Like most things in politics today, Montana House race is a referendum on Donald Trump Posted: 19 May 2017 10:18 AM PDT  Many in Montana still think Gianforte could have pulled off a party sweep had he cozied up to Trump a little more. And Gianforte now evidently agrees.
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| Sources: Senior White House Adviser Now Part of FBI Investigation Posted: 19 May 2017 08:33 AM PDT  Two US officials say that activities of a current senior White House official are now under investigation as part of the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the US election.
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| The Latest: Juror says cop shouldn't return to patrol duty Posted: 19 May 2017 12:49 PM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the not guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of a white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man (all times local):
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| US jets attack Iran-backed militiamen in south-eastern Syria Posted: 19 May 2017 01:08 AM PDT  The US military said the strikes were aimed at stopping the militia advance and protect fighters it has sponsored throughout the civil war. US jets have attacked a convoy of Iranian-backed militiamen in south-eastern Syria in the first clash between the American military and forces loyal to Tehran since the US military returned to the region almost three years ago. The US military said the strikes were aimed at stopping the militia advance and protect fighters it has sponsored throughout the civil war and in the fight against the Islamic State terror group.
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| Yale University Dean Suspended Over Yelp Reviews Posted: 18 May 2017 09:07 PM PDT  June Chu has written many racist reviews on Yelp, even calling a restaurant "white trash." She was suspended on Thursday, following her "reprehensible posts."
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| Lola Wasn't Alone Posted: 19 May 2017 10:23 AM PDT ![Lola Wasn't Alone]( "Lola Wasn't Alone") There are few subjects more painful than slavery. The word itself conjures images of the most shameful and ugly parts of humanity and our past, histories most would prefer to distance themselves from. This may in part be why, in just two short days, The Atlantic's article "My Family's Slave," by the journalist Alex Tizon about his family's enslavement of a woman named Eudocia "Lola" Tomas Pulido, has caught the attention of and moved thousands of readers. The title itself is shocking in its admission of slavery tucked right into a modern American home.
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| Look Back at Trump's Remarks On Muslims, Saudi Arabia Posted: 19 May 2017 11:36 AM PDT  From involvement in the Sept. 11th attacks to surveillance of certain mosques, Donald Trump has made controversial remarks about Muslims and Saudi Arabia. Here's a look back at those comments.
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| Philippines' Duterte: China threatened 'war' over sea row Posted: 19 May 2017 06:34 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday China's leaders told him they were prepared to go to war over competing claims in the South China Sea. Duterte, who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing this week, said he was making the threat public in response to domestic criticism he was being too weak with China over the dispute. China claims most of the sea, a key waterway for global shipping, and has reclaimed disputed reefs and installed military facilities on them.
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| Mom Tries - and Fails - to Wake Teen Who Fell Asleep Inside Locked Car Posted: 19 May 2017 02:22 PM PDT  Even the sound of a car horn wouldn't wake her.
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| 'I blew him away': Retiree charged in Amtrak shooting Posted: 19 May 2017 03:07 PM PDT  WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A retired federal law enforcement officer from Wisconsin told investigators he shot and seriously injured an Amtrak train conductor because he wasn't allowed to de-board early at a suburban Chicago stop, prosecutors said Friday.
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| US pitches plan to Russia to avoid armed conflict in Syria Posted: 20 May 2017 12:23 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has proposed to Russia a plan for managing an increasingly complex battlefield in Syria's main oil-producing region, where U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic extremists are in conflict with Russian-backed Syrian forces.
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| Fate Of Late Roger Ailes' Sexual Harassment Cases Posted: 18 May 2017 11:48 PM PDT  The sexual harassment cases filed against Roger Ailes by Andrea Tantaros and Julie Roginsky may get caught up in complications following an old New York law.
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| This Health Insurance Company Is Hiring 300+ Work-From-Home Employees Posted: 19 May 2017 11:04 AM PDT  With full benefits!
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| 'Doomsday' seed vault entrance repaired after thaw of Arctic ice Posted: 20 May 2017 09:12 AM PDT  By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Norway is repairing the entrance of a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island after an unexpected thaw of permafrost let water into a building meant as a deep freeze to safeguard the world's food supplies. The water, limited to the 15 meter (50 ft) entrance hall in the melt late last year, had no impact on millions of seeds of crops including rice, maize, potatoes and wheat that are stored more than 110 meters inside the mountainside. It seeks to safeguard seeds from cataclysms such as nuclear war or disease in natural permafrost.
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| China killed or jailed up to 20 US spies in 2010-12: report Posted: 20 May 2017 05:30 PM PDT  Beijing systematically dismantled CIA spying efforts in China beginning in 2010, killing or jailing more than a dozen covert sources, in a deep setback to US intelligence there, The New York Times reported Sunday. The Times, quoting 10 current and former American officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the intelligence breach as one of the worst in decades. It said that even now intelligence officials are unsure whether the US was betrayed by a mole within the CIA or whether the Chinese hacked a covert system used by the CIA to communicate with foreign sources.
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| Times Square, protests, Weiner and more — it happened today: May 19 in pictures Posted: 19 May 2017 11:43 AM PDT ![Times Square, protests, Weiner and more — it happened today: May 19 in pictures]( "Times Square, protests, Weiner and more — it happened today: May 19 in pictures") Times Square driver and Anthony Weiner appear in court, and more of today's news from around the world in pictures.
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| Grand jury doesn't indict officer for fatally shooting teen Posted: 19 May 2017 05:06 PM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury voted on Friday not to indict a white Columbus police officer in the fatal shooting of a black 13-year-old boy after a suspected robbery last year.
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| Vice President Mike Pence Starts Independent Political Action Committee Posted: 19 May 2017 11:41 PM PDT  The 25th Amendment to the Constitution states "in case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President."
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| ScootinAmerica - Eight Veterans to Receive Free Harleys Posted: 19 May 2017 09:25 AM PDT  ScootinAmerica - Eight Veterans to Receive Free Harleys Harley-Davidson has joined Adam Sandoval, founder of ScootinAmerica , an initiative that focuses on giving back to our military members, to launch MISSION: "THANK YOU". The project began this morning at
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| Two suicide car bombs explode on highway near oilfields in southern Iraq Posted: 19 May 2017 10:23 AM PDT  Two suicide car bombers blew themselves up at checkpoints on a highway near oilfields in the southern Iraqi province of Basra on Friday, killing several people, police sources and an interior ministry spokesman said. Iraq's South Oil Company said there was no disruption to operations but oil police were put on maximum alert in response to the attack, officials said. Bomb attacks in southern Iraq, where the bulk of the country's oil is produced, are relatively rare.
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| The Latest: Trump denies asking Comey to shelve Flynn probe Posted: 18 May 2017 11:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
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| Insanely Easy Weeknight Dinners To Try This Week Posted: 19 May 2017 10:35 AM PDT  Every week, we're delivering five easy-to-make, insanely delicious dinners, so you can put that takeout habit on hold.
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| Tuk-tuks and flags as Cambodia opposition eyes bellwether local polls Posted: 19 May 2017 10:12 PM PDT  Tuk-tuks blaring pop music and flag-waving supporters of Cambodia's embattled opposition led a rally on Saturday for upcoming local elections, a bellwether for efforts to end the three-decade rule of strongman Hun Sen in next year's national polls. The June 4 vote in more than 1,600 communes -- administrative clusters of villages -- will take Cambodia's political temperature ahead of a general election in 2018 that is expected to go to the wire. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) are desperate to end Hun Sen's rule, which they say is increasingly corrupt and repressive.
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| Mary Vaughn Sues Ex-Husband Steve Harvey Posted: 18 May 2017 11:57 PM PDT  Mary Vaughn is suing her ex-husband Steve Harvey after their bitter divorce more than a decade ago.
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| Judge haunted by release of man in deadly Ohio shootings Posted: 20 May 2017 01:11 PM PDT ![Judge haunted by release of man in deadly Ohio shootings]( "Judge haunted by release of man in deadly Ohio shootings") NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge says he will be haunted forever by his decision to grant early release to a domestic violence offender who authorities say killed his ex-girlfriend, her co-worker and a police chief.
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| Chris Cornell Police Report Reveals New Details About Musician's Suicide Posted: 19 May 2017 01:34 PM PDT  A police report revealed new details surrounding the death of Audioslave and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell.
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| Motorist crashes into Times Square crowd, killing one person, injuring 22 Posted: 18 May 2017 10:03 PM PDT ![Motorist crashes into Times Square crowd, killing one person, injuring 22]( "Motorist crashes into Times Square crowd, killing one person, injuring 22") A U.S. Navy veteran plowed his car into pedestrians in New York City's packed Times Square on Thursday, killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring 22 people. Witnesses said the motorist mounted the sidewalk in a burgundy Honda sedan and sped along for more than three city blocks, knocking people over before the car struck a pole and came to rest at 45th Street and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. Police who arrested the driver identified him as Richard Rojas, 26, from the New York City borough of the Bronx.
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| President Trump's first trip abroad Posted: 20 May 2017 12:32 PM PDT ![President Trump's first trip abroad]( "President Trump's first trip abroad") President Trump's first foreign voyage will be an astonishingly ambitious adventure — Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, a NATO summit in Brussels, and a Group of Seven (i.e.: rich country) gathering in Sicily. He's coming with a packed agenda of the weightiest issues in global affairs, like defeating ISIS, containing Iran, convincing the Muslim world to confront extremism, overhauling relations with crucial allies in Europe and Asia, and forging Middle East peace.
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| Yemen rebel missile shot down near Saudi capital Posted: 19 May 2017 04:10 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile, fired by Yemeni rebels, southwest of the capital Riyadh late Friday, ahead of US President Donald Trump's arrival in the Sunni-led kingdom. Air defence units "intercepted a ballistic missile that was launched by Huthi militias", and it fell over an unpopulated area 180 kilometres from Riyadh, the Saudi-led coalition said in a statement. The missile would be the longest range attempted by the Huthi rebels and their allies, former members of Yemen's security forces linked to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, since they began retaliatory attacks against the kingdom two years ago.
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| What 100 Calories of Picnic Foods Looks Like Posted: 20 May 2017 03:15 AM PDT  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Shopping for picnic food for your Memorial Day bash? The burgers, hot dogs, and other items on your grocery list may be ...
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| 'RuPaul Drag Race' contestant Valentina gives makeup tips Posted: 18 May 2017 07:28 PM PDT  Valentina transforms ABC News' Robert Zepeda into a drag queen beauty.
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